We haven’t heard much about Brian Wilson recently, but CBS Sports’ Scott Miller reports that he’s drawing “lots of interest” in free agency. While he isn’t close to signing yet, he has narrowed down his list of potential landing spots from nine or 10 teams to around five. It’s not clear if any of those teams will offer him a chance to close.

Wilson is coming back from Tommy John surgery, so chances are he’ll have to settle for something similar to Ryan Madson‘s recent deal with the Angels. Madson will make a $3.5 million base salary in 2013 and could earn an additional $2.5 million in roster bonuses and another $1 million based on games finished.

Wilson, who turns 31 in March, has a 3.21 ERA and 171 saves over seven seasons in the majors. He’s expected to be cleared for spring training and Opening Day.

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Wilson, who turns 31 in March, has a 3.21 ERA and 171 saves over seven seasons in the majors. He’s expected to be cleared for spring training and Opening Day.

So pretty much he expected the Giants to sign him for 6.8 Gauranteed and still
Looking for work? He loves to be mad at SF but he’s looking at pretty much deals SF was offering with incentives…good luck elsewhere we will see if your act goes over well outside SF

Come to Boston, our plan next year is to run out 3 closers to pitch the 7th, 8th and 9th; 2 middle relievers to pitch the 5th and 6th, and a 4 man starting rotation to pitch the first 4 innings of every game.

As a giants fan he invented the word torture . I liked him before the act started and he was fairly effective how ever I did enjoy seeing romo and others . Wilson dilly dallies too much he over thinks as opposed to letting the hitters do that and that causes too many stressful pitches and too many base runners . He was on the downside and how the heck can he be mad at the giants for not throwing away money on him when they helped make him a star .

His act only works on a winning team. He will soon see the money is relatively the same as the Giants are offering, and he can get his old job back. See you back in orange and black getting your ring and a 2 year incentive laden deal. You may even be the closer if your arm is right. Come home B weezey.

Was surprised that Madsen was “guaranteed” the closers role with he signed with LAA, and would be surprised if Wilson gets the same….seems like it takes pitchers (and especially frequently-used relievers) a better part of a season to get their velocity and stamina back…..are there any major exceptions to this – pitchers who came back from surgery to a heavy closers workload the next season – that I’m not thinking of ?